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A treat for all “fetishists of the obsolete” - Jenkin van Zyl (@jenkinvanzyl )’s Enclosure at Somerset House by @jessfiend

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A single image from the Tarot Cultures exhibition - Bertie and Jimmy (@colabtheatre), Jess and Alice (@goldsmithsenglish), and Ryan (our expert gallery curator) rendered in cards from AOS tarot (@jonathan_._allen). But which witch is which?! by @jessfiend

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4 months ago

I can't really remember how I acquired my first deck of tarot cards: a 1975 edition of The Egorov Tarot, given to me before I could read anything, even books. That deck has been my companion for nearly forty years, as mysterious now as the day I got them.
From that moment on, I have collected all types of magic(k)al objects, and especially tarot cards. My tarot bio today, as we finish up preparations for Tarot Cultures, is "The Stones" from Edward Gorey's The Fantod Pack, the most recent deck I have been introduced to by a beloved colleague and friend.
I'd like to say this card speaks of standing strong in the face of adversity, the power of the ancient in the present, and the beauty of mystery. But Gorey says: "March / loss of teeth / a forged letter / paralysis / false arrest / falling sickness / estrangement / a sudden affiliction / anemia / strife / a distasteful duty / misconstruction".
So that sounds promising... @tarotcultures #mytarotbio by @jessfiend

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Spooky Nyx with the “PRINCESS OF WANDS. The Princess of the Shining Flame: The Rose of the Palace of Fire” from Ithell Colquhoun’s Tarot as Colour.

“After I had completed the pack I saw some slides showing nebulas in outer space and the birth of stars. These recalled my designs and confirmed my conviction of their cosmographic function” by @jessfiend

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4 months ago

End of Term Party! 🖤🖤🖤 we’ll miss you third years 🖤🖤🖤 by @jessfiend

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6 months ago

Little bit of Saturday afternoon necrotourism 🖤 taken in Folkestone, Kent by @jessfiend

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6 months ago

Deep in their bat infested cave, the Volupté goblins have been hard at work - stitching and spinning, cutting and crafting to produce this - Volupté 8.2: The Decadent Fairy Tale. We hope that you enjoy it! (And congratulations to the BADS prize winners - Lea Felicitas Döding and Mathew Rickard 🖤🕷️⭐️) by @jessfiend

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9 months ago

A perfect Yule read 🖤🕷️🎄🦇🐦‍⬛🪰 by @jessfiend

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9 months ago

A special end of term screening of The Substance for Dr Condé’s decadence class 🖤🧫🫶🦠💉🧪 taken in Goldsmiths, University of London by @jessfiend

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10 months ago

Damp, Miasma, and Mould: An Evening of Fetid Practice taken in Deptford Town Hall by @jessfiend

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10 months ago

by @jessfiend

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Tarot Cultures celebrates the tarot as a living art - an instrument of intuition, design, and excess. Neither a museum piece nor a mystical novelty, the tarot is a space of speculation: a design object, a creative method, and a mirror for contemporary identity. View the CFP @ BADS.gold.ac.uk/tarotcultures 🖤🖤 image (c) @southern_gothic_oracle by @jessfiend

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